Eating a map can help them remember destinations, and children, when they misbehave, are forced to eat dry, musty pages from dictionaries.ĭevon is part of The Family, an old and reclusive clan of book eaters. To them, spy novels are a peppery snack romance novels are sweet and delicious. Publisher’s Description: Out on the Yorkshire Moors lives a secret line of people for whom books are food, and who retain all of a book’s content after eating it.
Why You’ll Love It: A story where a secret group of humanoid beings eat books to survive-and specific genres have distinct flavors and they remember all the information they consume? Sign me up, this 100% is what fantasy is supposed to be. To keep her word, Keera must not only save herself, but an entire kingdom. Keera is shocked by what she learns, and can’t help but wonder who her enemy truly is: the King that destroyed her people or the Shadow that threatens the peace?Īs she searches for answers, Keera is haunted by a promise she made long ago, one that will test her in every way. She tracks her target into the magical lands of the Fae, but Faeland is not what it seems. When a mysterious figure moves against the Crown, Keera is called upon to hunt down the so-called Shadow. As the King’s Blade, she is the most talented spy in the kingdom. Publisher’s Description: Keera is a killer.
Thanks to this popularity, Blair’s lush fantasy of Elves, Dark Fae, and rebellion is getting a traditional publishing push and seems set to snap up a whole bunch of new fans in the process. The author sent the book-published anonymously-to 25 BookTok influencers, who fell in love with the story, as well as the mystery behind who wrote it. Why You’ll Love It: If you pay any attention to BookTok or Book Twitter, you’ve probably heard of Melissa Blair, whose self-published Halfing Saga became something of a sensation on social media. Release Date: August 2 from Union Square & Co. Here are our favorite August fantasy releases. From new stories from favorite authors to highly anticipated sequels, creative folklore retellings to dense high fantasy doorstoppers, there’s an incredible variety of titles, heroes, and subgenres to choose from. But this August is one book fans will definitely want to savor.Ī true embarrassment of riches for fantasy fans and the first month of several to close out the year when we are being gifted with a pile of exceptional stories, this August is, to put it mildly, ridiculous in terms of the scope and quality of its releases. It’s the month when we’re all counting down the days until the oppressive heat dissipates, school starts back up again, and Fall arrives, with its crisp breezes, pumpkin spice lattes, and the promise of spooky season just around the corner. Most of us tend to think of the dog days of summer as a slow time of year when almost nothing happens.
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